Professional Organization: AAAS

Jan Visser, Learning Development Institute

Jan Visser

http://www.learndev.org

Theoretical Physics (Delft University of Technology); Instructional Systems Design (Florida State University)

For the Love of Science (http://www.learndev.org/ScienceWorkBooks.html), The Scientific Mind (http://www.learndev.org/SciMind.html), Meaning of Learning (http://www.learndev.org/MoL.html), Learning for Sustainability (conceptualization in progress)

The sciences of learning and the learning of the sciences

Theoretical physicist (Ir., Delft University of Technology) and learning scientist (PhD, Florida State University). President and Senior Researcher, Learning Development Institute. Former UNESCO Director for Learning Without Frontiers.

C. Sidney Burrus, Rice University

C. Sidney Burrus

Professor of ECE

http://cnx.org/member_profile/cburrus

faculty

PhD Stanford; BA, BS, MS Rice

Connexions Project (web based Open Educational Resources)

Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing, Technology in Education, Connexions

PhD in EE from Stanford, 1965 BA, BS, MS from Rice, 1957, 58, 60 EE Faculty at Rice, 1965 to present Maxfield & Oshman Professor Emeritus, 1996 to present Fellow of IEEE and AAAS Over 200 papers and 5 books published Various teaching and research awards Dean of Engineering at Rice, 1998-2006

Nora Demers, Florida Gulf Coast University

Nora Demers

Assistant Professor of Biology and Interdisciplinary Studies

http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/ndemers/demers.html

faculty

B.S. Life Sciences M.S. and PhD Zoology

Curriculum revisions for General Biology, Curriculum for non-science students- focus on critical thinking and information literacy

Interdisciplinary studies, Stress and Immunity, Teaching

PETER GOLD, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

PETER GOLD

Associate Dean for General Education

http://gened.buffalo.edu

administration

PhD

Maintaining a coherent general education program, Building an online course evaluation system that addresses audiences, Understanding student evaluation data

Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo